Archive for the ‘Sports’ Category

The Significance of Superbowl Sunday

I’m sure there are some of you who are getting together with friends, getting the wings and pizza and cokes ready for the party you are going to have tonight watching the Superbowl. Others, I know, don’t care anything about the Superbowl. Maybe your team isn’t in it and you’re bitter. Maybe you don’t like [...]

February 5, 2012  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Sports, St. Louis Cardinals  3 Comments

Now it’s just getting silly

After last week’s performance, in which he threw for 316 yards (as in 3:16), the Tim Tebow mania had reached what I thought was its pinnacle. Today I heard that Tebow is now the most popular sports figure in America. Really? Okay, there are worse things than having a good role model be the most [...]

January 11, 2012  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Sports, Stupid Things You Can Find on the Internet  No Comments

Two and two for Tebow on Tuesday

If you haven’t noticed (and if you don’t pay attention to the NFL, you might not have) Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow is something of a lightening rod these days. Jim Rome said yesterday that Tim Tebow is the most polarizing figure in the history of the world. Uh…okay. I’ve run across a few articles [...]

December 13, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: christian culture, Sports  No Comments

What were you thinking, Cardinals?

Cardinals GM John Mozeliak woke up yesterday with a huge hole in his lineup but with his pockets unexpectedly full. Or was it unexpected? Some people are speculating that the Cardinals never intended to keep Pujols, knowing that the long term contract he wanted would devastate the team in the long run. That’s why they [...]

December 9, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Sports, St. Louis Cardinals  No Comments

What were you thinking, Albert?

Cardinal Nation is a sad, heartbroken place today. Albert Pujols, centerpiece of the St. Louis Cardinals for the past 11 years, face of the franchise and, in many ways, the city, has chosen to leave St. Louis and the only team he has ever played for to go to southern California and play instead for [...]

December 8, 2011  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Sports, St. Louis Cardinals  7 Comments

Bob Costas on egotistical, self-glorifying NFL celebrations

“We live in a culture that in many ways grows more stupid and graceless by the moment. Sports both reflects and influences that trend.”  

December 3, 2011  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Sports  No Comments

Cardinals choose new Manager

What kind of manager do you choose to replace an outgoing Hall-of-Fame caliber manager? Tony LaRussa ended his 33 year managing career three days after winning the World Series for the third time. He leaves the game in third place in career wins and as one of the most respected (and reviled, by some) managers [...]

November 13, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Sports, St. Louis Cardinals  No Comments

And another thing

It seems like the last couple of 30 day challenges I’ve done have proven that I don’t need whatever it is I’m doing without that month. Facebook. Dr. Pepper. Although I’ll point out that not needing and not wanting are two different things. Seems like even though I am not on a 30 day project [...]

November 4, 2011  Tags: ,   Posted in: Sports, Spurs  No Comments

World Series 2011: What we learned

What good would any sporting event, even one as important as the World Series, be if you couldn’t learn something from it? Why, then it would only be something to watch – something to relish or to curse, something to lift your spirits or crush your soul. Good thing for us, then, that there are [...]

October 29, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Sports, St. Louis Cardinals, Top 4  No Comments

Cardinals Win!!

After an improbable ending to the regular season that saw the St. Louis Cardinals qualify for the playoffs on the last day, after an improbable postseason that saw the Wild Card team beat the heavily favored Phillies and then follow with beating the heavily favored Brewers to get to the World Series, after an unbelievably [...]

October 28, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Sports, St. Louis Cardinals  No Comments